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Letters Patent No. 95,923, dated October 19, 1869.

IMPROVED WAGON-STAKE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD MILNER, of Marquette, in the county ofMarquetteand State of Michigan, have invented a new'and usefulImprovement in Wagon or Bolster-Stakes; and 1 do declare that thefollowing is a true and accurate description thereof, reference beinghad'to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, and being apart of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front elevation.

- Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 3 is a view of my stake attached to a bolster.

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in the constructionand attachment of wagonstakes to bolsters; and consists in a metallicstake, provided with an eye at its lower extremity, which passes overthe end of the bolster, where it is held in place by means of a suitablebolt, passing through a proper lug on the stake, into or through thebolster.

In the drawings, A represents a cast-iron stake, which may be made ofany desired form, and which may be lightened, if required, by cuttingout, as at a.

This stake is provided with an eye, B, at its lower extremity, of theproper size to slip over the end of the bolster O.

A lug, D, should be cast upon the outer edge of the stake, through whichthere should be a suitable hole,

to insert the bolt hereiubefore described.

If it is preferable, the stake may be made of wom and inserted into asuitable socket upon the top of a wrought or cast-iron eye.

By the use of a stake of the above description, the necessity ofweakening the bolster by mortising, to receive the tenon of a stake, asordinarily constructed, is avoided, and also thenecessity of banding theend of the bolster withan iron plate, as is often done; also, thenecessity of the iron brace, which usually extends from the outer end ofthe bolster to near the top of the stake. v

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The stake A, when provided with the eye B andlug D, in connection withthe bolster O, substantially as herein described.

\Vitnesses: EDWARD MILNER.

Tits. 1. DAY, I

H. F. EB'ER'rs.

